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Farrukh Dhondy | Christmas seems to come earlier every year… amid the...

“Shah Jahan was obsessed with his wife Is the Taj a monument to her life Or just to her death? -- ...

21 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Air gets too toxic to breathe: Whose...

Delhi’s Central Pollution Board, the Committee for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for the National Capital...

21 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

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Kamal Davar | Strict watch on the challenge of ‘Khalistan’ is vital in...

Some weeks ago, former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, undergoing religious penance at the...

20 Dec 2024 1:12 AM IST

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Let people celebrate, or India’s rise will be...

In this season of celebrations, can anyone be denied their right to celebrate? That is exactly what...

20 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Why are states dodging mandate of apex court on police...

Several states continue defying 2006 DGP appointment guidelines, frustrating the Supreme Court's efforts to ensure...

19 Dec 2024 12:02 AM IST

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Many dangers in Mideast ahead; Syria up for...

What West Asia needs is not ecstatic triumphalism but peace and reconciliation that will allow all factions in Syria,...

19 Dec 2024 12:02 AM IST

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Anita Anand | Things to consider if you’re planning to go to Goa: It’s...

Are you planning a holiday in Goa, considering investing in a property or business, or relocating to the...

18 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Shikha Mukerjee | Centralising India amidst imperatives of coalitions

Reversing the inexorable advance towards centralisation of executive power, programmes and election schedules...

18 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Syrian implosion spur a fresh Iran Mideast...

For a fairly long time, the world appeared to be fixated on the understanding that Iran and Syria acted as...

17 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | How India keeps falling in global indices: The issue is...

In 2021, I wrote a book called Price of the Modi Years. In one of its chapters I compared India’s rankings on...

17 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

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Sunil Gatade | As Fadnavis’ star rises, will he be the BJP’s next...

There are ironies galore, and more so in politics. It took the BJP nearly 12 days to anoint Devendra Fadnavis...

16 Dec 2024 12:20 AM IST

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R. Suresh | Papa says I must make him proud…

Son, that is a purple rat, the dad confidently proclaimed. Be careful, might bite. Papa, that looks like...

15 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST